Vandenberg Fights New Deal In Wisconsin Delegates Move
The piece notes Senator Vandenberg leading Republican criticism of the New Deal from a minority position and pushing a congressional attack while Borah wins Wisconsin delegates but trails Roosevelt on the presidential preference ballot. It assesses Wisconsin and surrounding states as indicators for the Northwest electorate.
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Illinois
Vandenberg
Senate
Borah
Wisconsin
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Herbert C. Hoover
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Knox Backed by Eight of New Hampshire Delegates
The New Hampshire delegation to the Cleveland convention endorsed Frank Knox for the Republican presidential nomination. Eight of eleven delegates voted to support Knox and sent telegrams to the three absent delegates, including former Sen. George H. Moses. Gov. H Styles Bridges was chosen permanent chairman.
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New Hampshire
Knox
Concord
N. H
Frank Knox
Manchester
Chicago
George H. Moses
H. Styles Bridges
Man On Farm Pleads Not Guilty To Alcohol Charge
Ernest Kaplan pled not guilty in federal court to possessing and concealing improperly labeled untaxed liquor found on his Cedar Rapids area farm. A grand jury indictment named Kaplan on the charge and bail was set at $1000 after raiders discovered 325 gallons of alcohol stored in five gallon packages.
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Ernest Kaplan
Federal Grand Jury
Kaplan
George C. Scott
Cedar Rapids
Births Notice From Local Residents in April
Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Baylor of 1522 J avenue NE a son April 7 at St. Lukes hospital. Born to Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Miller of Marion a son April 6 at St. Luke's hospital. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Milo L. Trokosh of Mount Vernon a son April 8 at St. Luke's hospital. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Everett Finch 1008 Eighth street SW a son on April at Mercy hospital. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Mericle of 649 Sixteenth avenue SW a seven and one quarter pound daughter Theresa Mary March 31. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Becicka of 1228 Second street SE a son Frank Jr. April 6.
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W. C. Baylor
J Avenue
St. Lukes’ Hospital
S. W. Miller
Marion
St. Luke’s Hospital
Milo L. Trokosh
Mount Vernon
Everett Finch
Eighth Street
Mercy
Adlerika promise for clear skin and updated beauty claim
An advertising claim asserts Adlerika cleanses wastes from the bowels to improve skin tone and complexion. It cites testimonials from E S Converse of Converse Texas and W T M of Louisville Kentucky praising clearer skin after two weeks and notes availability in druggists and drug departments.
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Adlerika
City briefs and personals note permits and talks
George Kosek received a permit to build a dwelling at 3040 Carroll drive SE with an estimated 3600 cost and a 200 garage. Benjamin W. Robinson of Iowa State Employment Service will speak to the Council of Social Agencies and Y M C A board Friday at noon. Paul Costas earned permission to install an electric hoist beam in the Harmony building over the alley for loading goods to the second floor. approvals came from building and public improvement departments.
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George Kosek
Carroll Drive
Benjamin W. Robinson
Iowa State Employment Service Office
Council of Social Agencies
Board
Paul Costas
Harmony
Petition Drives Alley Paving Request In City
Seventeen residents signed a petition filed with the city council Thursday requesting paving on 600 feet of the alley between Grande avenue and Blake boulevard SE from Crescent street toward Forest drive.
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Grande Avenue
Blake Boulevard
Crescent Street
Forest Drive
Dearborn Brass property zoned heavy and light industrial
City council adopted the plan commission report recommending zoning Dearborn Brass property for heavy and light industry. The change will take effect only after an amended ordinance and a public hearing.
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City Plan Commission
The
Dearborn Brass Company
City names new two year plumbing examining board
Safety Commissioner W. C. Benesh with the board of health Albert D. Schodde master plumber Rudolph Richter journeyman plumber and Leonard G. Berry plumbing inspector named members of the examining board for plumbers by the city council. The board will serve two years.
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W. C. Benesh
Board of Health
Albert D. Schodde
Rudolph Richter
Leonard G. Berry
Residents file remonstrance over curb and gutter project
Twenty four local residents filed a remonstrance with the city council on Thursday in response to a petition seeking curb and gutter construction on Second Street SW from Sixteenth to Nineteenth Avenues, Seventeenth Avenue SW from Second to First, and First Street from Sixteenth to Seventeenth.
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Second Street
Sixteenth Avenue
Nineteenth Avenue
Seventeenth Avenue
First Street
Trade official reports hearings on farm seed rates
H F Sundberg superintendent of the traffic bureau of the chamber of commerce returned Thursday from Minneapolis where he attended a hearing before the interstate commerce commission about freight rates on farm seeds and transit charges for cleaning seeds for marketing. Tariffs on these have been published by western trunk lines but are suspended temporarily and include rate increases.
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H. F. Sundberg
The
Chamber of Commerce
Minneapolis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western Trunk Lines
Robbery Suspect Frankie Foster Freed on Bail
A man named Frankie Foster also known as Frost or Foreman was freed on $10,000 cash bail in Reno Nevada after New York detectives said he was indicted for a $125,000 jewelry store robbery in Radio City on March 24. Foster was arrested in a hotel room by New York investigators.
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Reno, Nev
INS
Frankie Foster
Frost
Foreman
New York City
Foster
New York
Radio City
Lions Club Hears Rutgers On Track And Field
Forest Rutgers, track coach at Cue college, discusses track and field as a test of individual merit versus team coordination. He notes Drake Relays in Des Moines on April 24 and 25 marking its twenty seventh renewal and mentions misrouted films replacing the coronation reels.
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Forest Rutgers
Cue College
Lions Club
Rutgers
George Bresnahan
Iowa
Des Moines
Fred Winter
Residence Burglar Steals Watches
J. J. Vavra of 210 Sixteenth Street SE reported Tuesday night’s burglary by a thief using a skeleton key to enter the rear door. The burglar stole three watches including a wrist watch worth 25 dollars an open face watch valued at 20 dollars a lava liere watch worth 25 dollars and a family heirloom watch.
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J. J. Vavra
Sixteenth Street SE
Vavra
Deaths of E. B. Bensch in Lansing at 72
E B Bensch father of Mrs E B Hickenlooper died at his Lansing home Wednesday afternoon from a heart attack at age 72. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Friday in Lansing. He is survived by two sons J C Bensch Des Moines and Clyde Bensch Decorah and a sister. a daughter Fern died years ago.
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E. B. Bensch
E. B. Hickenlooper
Lansing
J. C. Bensch
Des Moines
Clyde Bensch
Decorah
Fern
William McGrane 75 Dies After Lingering Illness
William McGrane, 75, died at his son Gervas McGrane’s Cedar Rapids home at 5 55 p m after a lingering illness. He lived in Cedar Rapids since 1927, moving from Howard County. Survived by two daughters Mrs Wes Machacek and Mrs Ed Marion. wife and a daughter preceded him in death. Body at Monahan Funeral Home. funeral arrangements to be announced.
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William McGrane
Gervas McGrane
Memorial Drive
Cedar Rapids
Howard County
Wes Machacek
Ed Marion
Watauca
S. D
Monahan Funeral Home
Mrs. Eliza Beth Taubman Robinson Funeral Services
Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza beth Taubman Robinson will be held at Turner chapel at 11 a.m. Friday with burial at Delmar cemetery at 2 p.m. in charge of Rev. C. F. Edwards. Friends may call at the chapel.
Court House News Two men arrested for suspected drunken driving
Special Deputy Sheriff Harlan Snyder on road patrol near Beverly booked George H Mattas 46 of 428 Fourth Avenue SW for allegedly operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Milton Mattas 48 of the same address was booked on a possible intoxication count. The car was traveling in an uncertain course.
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Harlan Snyder
Beverly
George H. Mattas
Fourth Avenue
Milton Mattas
Snyder
Claimants testify on 1087 claim against Stevens estate
Judge John T. Moffit presided Thursday morning as a district court jury heard a 1087.45 claim against the estate of Dr. Delos D. Stevens of Paralta who died April 1, 1935. Claimants Ivan P. Yeisley and Elizabeth Yeisley of Paralta allege payment is due for services including use of their auto driving service gardening work and nursing during illness with Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids serving as executor.
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John T. Moffit
Delos D. Stevens
Paralta
Ivan P. Yeisley
Elizabeth Yeisley
Merchants National Bank of
Cedar Rapids
Partners Seek Dissolution of Viola General Store
George W. Fry in district court asks that a partnership with Hugh D. Blair operating a general store at Viola be dissolved. Fry says a manager appointed two and a half years ago and given control by Blair has led to disagreements and seeks winding up and distribution of interests.
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George W. Fry
Hugh D. Blair
Viola
Fry
Blair
Local man jailed for porch theft and divorce actions filed
Walter McDonald, 40, near Cedar Rapids, received a six month county jail sentence on a larceny charge after stealing paint from Reid Parks at Parkson cigar store on March 24. Judge H. C. Ring ordered release after 30 days for good behavior. A divorce decree was filed for Sybil M. Brebner and Marshall H. Brebner on cruel and inhuman treatment, marriage dated June 30, 1925, with custody and property settled. Paul Landis seeks a divorce from Minnie Landis on cruel and inhuman grounds. marriage occurred June 18, 1925 in Cedar county.
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Walter McDonald
Cedar Rapids
H. C. Ring
McDonald
Reid Parks
Parkson
Sybil M. Brebner
Marshall H. Brebner
Paul Landis
Minnie Landis
Cedar County
Sigourney Man Killed While Crow Hunting
The body of Virgil White of White Pigeon was brought to Sigourney after being killed while crow hunting Wednesday morning. Funeral arrangements will be made later pending word from relatives. White had gone to a grove about 150 feet from his location.
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Sigourney
Virgil White
White Pigeon
Mr. White
Farm home tragedy claims local congress hopeful
Mr. White, about 58, was found by his brother Ira after a shotgun shot wound at his farm near White Pigeon. A Drake University graduate and lifelong resident, he had filed papers as a congressional candidate. He is survived by his wife, a daughter Mrs. Richard Adams, brother Ira, sister Ida Robb, and his father Fred White, former U.S. representative.
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Ira
Mr. White
White Pigeon
Drake University
Richard Adams
Ida Robb
Fred White
United States
King Edward VIII Distributes Maundy Money at Westminster
King Edward VIII personally handed Maundy money to 42 poor men and 42 poor women at Westminster Abbey on Maundy Thursday. The ceremony, revived after 1,500 years, marks one of Britain's rare sovereign led distributions, last done bodily by King George V and Queen Mary in 1932.
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London
Edward VIII
Westminster Abbey
Great Britain
George
Mary
King George
Harold James Named City Clerk in Williamsburg
At a city council meeting in Williamsburg Harold James was appointed to succeed Leo Durr as city clerk. Durr served in the post for the past ten years and James previously worked as a walker on the Great Lakes pipeline for the Great Lakes pipeline company.
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Williamsburg
Harold James
Leo Durr
Durr
James
Walker
Great Lakes Pipe Line Company
Dieting to Reduce Dangerous Fat
A Maryland lady claims a 21 pound loss by cutting fat meats and sweets and eating lean proteins with fruits and vegetables. The ad promotes Kruschen Salts with a money back guarantee and a promise of a youthful feel.
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Maryland
Amana Community Club Installs New Officers
HIGH AMANA The Amana Community club installed a new slate of officers at a Tuesday meeting. They include Dr. Louis Clemens as president Dr. C. H. Hermann as first vice president Martin Dickel as second vice president and Paul Kellen as another officer.
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High Amana
Amana
Trustees Named for Local Organization
The roster lists officers and trustees including secretary Otto Zuber assistant secretary Berger, treasurer Herbert Zuber assistant treasurer Walter Wendler, and trustees Richard Scheaffer Henry Acker mann Otto Schendlich Rudolph Pitz August Wendler.
Bread and Salt Welcome Newlyweds Revived by Ballenstedt Clergy
Protestant clergy in Ballenstedt revive the old Germanic custom of offering bread and salt to newly married couples as part of a regional revival of traditional rites.
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Ballenstedt
S S S Tonic Restores Color and Energy, User Says
A reader reports a personal recovery after taking S S S Tonic. They describe initial fatigue and run-down feelings, then improved color in the skin, reduced tiredness, and renewed strength, crediting the tonic with restoring vitality after daily stress.
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Plumbing Board
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Maytag
Supe
Dae Et Phae
Newton,owa
Cedar Rapids Maytag CO
Court House News
Edward
Amana Community Club
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Senco Eis Ee
Second St
Aqlw Drug Store & Tea Broom
Higley Bldg
Chase and Sanborn Coffee
Sie Foreman
Pennsylvania
Motors
SEARS
Crusader
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Third Avenue SE
Leibsohn’s
Just
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